The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its watershed drains an area of in five U.S. states—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Rising in two branches in New York state's Catskill Mountains, the river flows into Delaware Bay where its waters enter the Atlantic Ocean near Cape May in New Jersey and Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Not including Delaware Bay, the river's length including its two branches is . The Delaware River is one of nineteen "Great Waters" recognized by the America's Great Waters Coalition.